Plantiana
Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
Konterr
Brilliant and touching
Kayden
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
jarthurs-46779
Yes this film is a waste of your time. But I will say one (the only) good thing about it. The ladies, Carol Lynley (Niki) and Anne-Marie Martin (Kim) are stunningly beautiful with gorgeous hair. Other than that don't bother with this piece of dreck. I thought with a story by HG Wells and actors like Jack Palance, Carol Lynley and Barry Morse that it must have some redeeming features. But remember, this was made two years AFTER Star Wars so they must have known the bar had been raised significantly. Ed Wood can now rest in his grave knowing that Plan 9 From Outer Space is no longer the worst movie ever made.
rolfmp
This should be in the top 100 worst movies of all time. Like many cult classics it improves with age as its unintentional hilarity increases with time. I saw Shape of Things to Come on opening night without the benefit of any advance reviews. At the time I felt that my hard earned part-time summer job savings had never been so wasted. However, now I split a gut in Plan 9 fashion with the added benefit of fast forward. Only if bad SciFi amuses you should you give this a try. The special effects are stunningly bad at times. Palance and Lynley mail in their performances (and for Lynley, think worse than Poseidon Adventure - yikes!). I don't know if this was ever on Mystery Science Theater 3000; but that would be the perfect venue for viewing this space junk.
mbeswick99
If this is the shape of things to come, thank God you live in the 21st Century. This film is perfect for spoofing. Notably bad moments - when the Starstreaker spaceship hits top speed. This is represented by having the cheap model ship veer from the left to the right (while still appearing to be stationary), a slight increase in noise and by having the actors look awed. One of the least impressive effects I have ever seen. The villain's death is worth waiting for too. Resigned to his fate, Palance sits in his chair and waits for the planet to explode around him. During this cataclysmic moment a large piece of ceiling falls on his head. Instead of braining him as you might expect it simply bounces off. Palance looks as surprised as everyone else. Oh, and those robots.....oh dear!
oigres
I too, saw this excuse for a movie in theaters expecting it to be a remake of the 1936 classic. Talk about major lunch-bag let down! The only worth while event of sitting through this insult was listening to the wise-cracks and jocularities coming from the audience. Watching Barry Morse (a fine actor) humiliate himself with contortionistic facial expressions related to an attack of hemorrhoids was laughable! Jack Palance(another fine actor)didn't fair any better with his army of robots looking like walking garbage cans! All in all a complete waste of time. Possibly twenty years from now this might become a cult classic or mercifully disappear out of cinematic history!
